Support for stacked articles



SUPPORT FOR S'IACIKED ARTIC'LES Filed Jan. 6, 1930 etruct on, and arrangein Patented Aug. 15, 1933 oairsosrarss PATENT ori ice 1,922,122 .sorroirr Foe arses-tsp Aa'rreins Herman Carew, hasten, assignor to Indi vidual Flu-i ing' (hip @ompany, 1110., Eastern,

Pa a @orporation of Pennsylvania January 6, 1936*. Serial No. ll'dfllZ .3 Claims. (Cl. 655-61) lviy invention relates to new and useful ini provements in a support fora stack oi. nested articles and more 33 uicularly to a support for a stackoi? paper the invention .ation of the articles with their open faces downwa :l and in manner to allow "moval of a dish at a time for use in a h which paper dishes now in extensive use.

."i further object resides in the formation of h support with a portion adap' interiorly of the lowermost in erted zliolding the some againstcollapse and prevent c admission of dirt or other foreign matter. with the above and other objects in view, which will appear the description proceeds, my \J'Jll'illOll consists in the novel details of con- "it of parts, described in the following specification and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, and while I have illu trated and d scribed the 131".Liltid embodi lnonts oi the 'enticn, they now appear to itwill he understood that such changes may be made as will fall within the scope of the appended claims.

In the drawingt- Fig. 1 side elevation showing a stack of articles positioned on support and the holder in position for removing uppermost article;

used for supporting slightly different forms of dishes or dishes adapted for use in different forms of holder.

When paper dishes are used at soda fountains, lunch counters or similar places, it is desirable that they be maintained in a sanitary condition and in such a manner that they may be used without delay in service. The support maybe positioned upon any suitable object such as a soda fountain, counter or the like, and will sup port the stack of articles with their open faces is the principal object of th a holder such as illusdownward so as to prevent dirt or other impurities from entering the interior of the dishes. The support consists of the base portion 1 of steppedformation, the lower edge of the base being bent inwardly as shown at 2 for strengthening purposes and to provide a. contact surface for engagement with the object upon which the support is positioned. Extending upwardly from the base is the tapered body portion 3 formed with the top 4 which, as shown more particularly in Fig. 2 of the drawing, is depressed, to form the raised circumferentially extending periphoral edge 5 for a purpose which will be later apparent. The dishes or other articles to be positioned upon the support are shown at 6 and are each provided, at open end, or face, with.

an outwardly directed bead '7 and at the bottom with a circumferentially extending interior chan Del 8, as shown more particularly in 2 of the drawing. The side walls of the dishes or articles are shown astapered so that the dishes areof greater diameter at the open face than at their closed or bottom ends.

At 9 I have shown a holder adapted to receive and support a single dish and for removing a terminal dishirom the stack. This holder is provided with the portion lo which normally acts as a base or support for the holderhut which will be used as a hand held or grip when the holder is in the inverted position shown in Fig. l for removing the uppermost dish or terminal dish from the stack. The arms 11, forming a part of the holder, are each provided, adjacent their outer ends, with an offset portion 12 forming grooves to receive the bead '7 of the dish.

In use the dishes will be supported as shown in the drawing in nested stacked formation and when a dish is to be removed from the top of the the holder will be inverted and positioned as shown more particularly in Fig. 1. With the holder so positioned the bead of the uppermost cup will be received in the grooves formed by the offsets l2 and when the holder is raised the uppermost dish will be removed from the stack to receive the desired material when the holder and dish are inverted. As shown more particularly in Fig. 2 of the drawing the upwardly extending tapered body portion 3 of thesupport will be received within the lowermost dish or article with the raised peripheral edge 5 received in the channel 8. This supports the dish or article with its side wall slightly spaced from the outer wall of the support and the bottom of the dish or article spaced slightly above the top 4 of the support. With the bot tom and wall of the dish or the article spaced as described there will be no possibility of the lowermost dish or article sticking to the support and the same may be readily removed when desired. It will be further seen that the succeeding dishes or cups of the stack will likewise be supported in spaced relation one relative to the other to prevent sticking. The body portion 3 of the support holds the lowermost dishes 01 cups against collapse and the raised edge portion 5 engages the dish at the point of its greatest strength. The beaded edge of the lowermost dish or article of the stack will be positioned slightly above the base so that the same may be removed by the holder. This is of particular advantage for it will be appreciated that if the beaded edge of the dish rested upon the base that it would be impossible to properly engage the holder therewith so that the head would be received in the grooves formed in the arms. The support will be of neat configuration, easily cleaned, and being light may be readily moved from place to place.

Having fully described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:-

1. A support for a stack of tapered nested flexible cups or the like arranged in inverted position, said support comprising a base, a tapered side wall portion connecting with the base inwardly from the latter, and a closed upper end having a depressed body portion connecting with an upwardly extending peripheral flange connecting with the side wall portion, the side and closed end of the support being shaped to fit within the body portion of the lowermost nested cup, the said flange being adapted to engage the bottom portion of the lowermost supported cup only at a point adjacent the juncture of the bottom with the side wall of the cup and thereby space the cup from the main portion of the closed end of the support and above the base thereof.

2. A support for nested cups or containers While in inverted position comprising a base portion, an upwardly extending annular flange positioned inwardly from the outer edge of the base portion, and a body portion comprising a side wall tapered inwardly from its point of connection to said annular flange and terminating at its upper end in a raised portion connecting with a depressed closed end portion, the parts Jeing so censtructed and arranged with respect to the containers that the lowermost of the nested containers may be received over the body portion or the support whereby the bottom wall of the container will contact with the closed end of the support at the raised edge portion only and whereby the lower edge of the container will be spaced upwardly from the base of the support.

3. The combination with a tapered flexible cup or bh like having a bottom portion provided with an inside circumferentially extending groove set inwardly from the side wall thereof, of a support for the cup or the like when in inverted position, said support including a tapered body portion terminating in a raised circumferentially extending edge adapted to be received in the groove in the bottom of the cup or the like, to position and hold the side wall of the cup or the like parallel with but spaced from the body portion of the support.

HERMAN CAREW. 

